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272: Stupid Mountain

Episode Summary

This week, we debate the use of the term "junior" and look back on Stupid Mountain from the Valley of Doubt. In News, we discuss the announcements from the latest Apple event, including the new iPad Pro product page. And in Cool Things, Brian shares a thorough article on Apple's Maps improvements, and Marshall rants about keyboard shortcuts.

Episode Notes

Follow-up:

The Dunning-Kruger Effect is a cognitive bias in which people of low ability have illusory superiority and mistakenly assess their cognitive ability as greater than it is.
Here's a graph of the effect, featuring Stupid Mountain (aka Mt. Stupid) and the Valley of Doubt (aka Valley of Despair)

Event Recap:

Watch the full Apple Event or a 9-minute edited version
Check out the new products: iPad Pro, MacBook Air, Mac mini, and Apple Pencil
You should play with the iPad Pro product page on your phone in landscape orientation to know what we're talking about for most of this segment
Sycophant, n. - a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite
r/fellowkids
Article: "Apple's new MacBook Air and 2018 MacBook Pros disconnect the microphone when you close the lid to stop hackers from eavesdropping on your conversations"
Video for Marshall's reference to "diamond-cut chamfers"
Article: "Apple Launches Special Event Page for October Event With Dynamic Set of Apple Logos"

One Cool Thing:

Brian shared "Apple's New Maps" by Justin O'Beirne
Marshall shared Keyboard Maestro, a productivity booster for Mac
Article: "⌘ + Q: I didn’t mean to do that"

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